Investigation of radiofrequency-induced temperature elevation of aneurysm clips in a 3.0-tesla magnetic resonance environment

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1062-1065

  Watanabe, Atsushi ^a   Seguchi, Tatsuya ^a   Koyama, Jun Ichi ^b   Aoyama, Tatsuro ^b   Miyahara, Takahiro ^b   Kakizawa, Yukinari ^b   Hongo, Kazuhiro ^b  

^a Seguchi Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aneurysm clip; Magnetic resonance safety; Radiofrequency heating

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COPPER; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTICLE; HEAT INJURY; METAL IMPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SAFETY; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETER;

ANEURYSM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METALS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 37349050654     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000303202.69747.d2     Document Type: Article

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